Polystichum lemmonii
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Polystichum lemmonii is a species of fern known by the common names Lemmon's holly fern and Shasta fern. It is native to western North America from the Sierra Nevada of California north to Washington. It is also known from British Columbia, where there is an occurrence in the mountains above the Okanagan Valley.[http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/recovery/rcvrystrat/polystichum_lemmonii_rcvry_strat_010807.pdf Recovery strategy for the Lemmon's holly fern (Polystichum lemmonii) in British Columbia.] BC Ministry of Environment, July 2007. and another in the mountains near Harrison Lake. [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239335255]
Description
This fern produces several narrow, erect lance-shaped leaves 10 to 35 centimeters long. Each leaf (frond) is made up of many oval leaflets (pinnae) which are overlapping, folded, and twisted such that the leaves may appear almost cylindrical in outline. Leaflet margins are entire or bluntly dentate. Hitchcock, C.L. and Cronquist, A. 2018. Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd Edition, p. 64. University of Washington Press, Seattle.Burke Herbarium Image Collection| http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Polystichum%20lemmonii
Habitat
P. lemmonii grows in mountainous habitat on ultramafic rock substrates, almost always in serpentine soils or among serpentine rocks. Though it grows in very restricted areas, P. lemmonii can be locally very abundant.
Gallery
Image:Polystichum lemmonii JHT IMG 7856.jpg|On ultramafic rock in Wenatchee Mountains
Image:Polystichum lemmonii JHT IMG 7857.jpg|Adaxial (upper) leaf surface
Image:Polystichum lemmonii JHT IMG 7860.jpg|Abaxial (lower) leaf surface with sori
Image:Polystichum lemmonii JHT IMG 5370.jpg|On Bean Peak in Wenatchee Mountains
References
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External links
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- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?19,31,38 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Polystichum+lemmonii Photo gallery]
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Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
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